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On 2018-07-24, J  Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 22:50:07 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
><jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 10:24:36 PM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:
>>> On Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 2:34:39 PM UTC-6, ma...@mail.com wrote:
>>> > On 2018-07-21, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > > I often hear oldsters complain, "when I was a kid we could do
>>> > > math in our head" (among many other feats they could accomplish).
>>> 
>>> > > Yet back in 1961 there were complaints that young people--today's
>>> > > oldsters--were just as inept as people complain today.
>>> 
>>> > There is that story about an ancient text that translates as 
>>> > "Young people have no respect for their elders any more."
>>> 
>>> Good old Ipuwer.
>>
>>On the other hand, another version of this - sometimes attributed to Plato or 
>>Socrates - turns out to have been spurious:
>>
>>https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/01/misbehaving-children-in-ancient-times/
>
> On the other hand one suspects that the sentiment predates writing.
>
> While not worded in the same way, if there wasn't a problem with kids
> respecting their parents, why would one of the Commandments be "Honor
> thy father and thy mother"?
>>
>>John Savard

Clough, a Victorian poet, had a newer version of the Decalogue, which
partly went

"Honour your parents, that is all
from whom promotion may befall."